Clay Brown is the Sports Editor for the Houston Home Journal. His career started as a freelance journalist for the Cairo Messenger in Cairo, Georgia before moving to Valdosta and freelancing for the Valdosta Daily Times. He moved to Warner Robins with his wife, Miranda, and two cats Olive and Willow in 2023 to become Sports Editor for the HHJ. When not out covering games and events Clay enjoys reading manga, playing video games, watching shows and trying to catch sports games.
Perry was up 3-2 with four minutes left in Thursday’s first round match against Eastside. When the buzzer sounded the Panthers’ season was over, and the Eagles soared to the second round for the second consecutive season on top of a 4-3 final score.
Both Houston County golf programs have reason to celebrate this week after a competitive bout in Hawkinsville, Georgia for the Area 2-5A tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The second half was much better than the first, but the result was unchanged as Veterans (14-5) lost to Pope (12-4) 3-0 in the first round of the GHSA state tournament.
Veterans (12-8) entered Wednesday’s playoff game hoping to advance past the first round for the first time since 2022, but Pope (11-5) made sure that wasn’t possible with a 10-0 victory.
Junior goalkeeper Lily Brzezicki has been a brick wall for Houston County (12-4) this season, and that continued on Tuesday in the first round of the state tournament against Creekview (11-7).